History:
First emerging as one-half of the satiric R&B duo Was (Not Was),
Don Was later rose to become one of the most prolific and sought-after
producers in contemporary music. Born Donald Fagenson in Detroit
on September 13, 1952, he began his musical career as a session
bassist before teaming with longtime friend David Weiss to form
Was (Not Was), a project originally spotlighting luminaries from
such Motor City acts as Parliament-Funkadelic, the MC5 and Brownsville
Station.

Fagenson graduated
from Oak Park High School in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, then
attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor but dropped out
after the first year. A journeyman musician, he grew up listening
to the Detroit blues sound and the jazz music of John Coltrane and
Miles Davis.

Using the stage
name "Don Was," he formed the group Was (Not Was), making
several albums in the 1980s before disbanding in 1993. However,
the group has reunited for performing and recording, with recent
release of new album "Boo."

In 1989, Dons
career was launched into the stratosphere when Bonnie Raitts
Nick of Time swept the Grammies. Over the next two decades,
Don worked with everyone from Jackson Browne and Bob Dylan to Willie
Nelson and the Rolling Stones.
The list of artists Don is credited producing includes: Bob Seger,
Glenn Frey, Iggy Pop, Khaled, The B-52's, Barenaked Ladies and several
albums for Bonnie Raitt. He served as music director and/or consultant
for several motion pictures such as The Country Bears, The Rainmaker,
and Hope Floats.

In 1995, Don
Was earned a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year. He is the father
of Eve 6 drummer Tony Fagenson.Was completed producing THE ROLLING
STONES new album in Paris for Virgin and "You're So Vain"
with MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY & KATE HUDSON for the movie "How
To Lose A Guy in 10 Days". He also completed producing a Christmas
album with CARLY SIMON , producing HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH for
Atlantic, one track with THE CHIEFTAINS featuring ZIGGY MARLEY,
a WENDY PAGE album, the BLACK CROWES for V2 and the BARENAKED LADIES
album, "Maroon" which was certified platinum for Reprise.